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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 24d6702a95c2..41e7db451cc0 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process { $in_commit_log = 0; } +# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated. If so, there's probably no need to +# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete + if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) { + $reported_maintainer_file = 1; + } + # Check signature styles if (!$in_header_lines && $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) { |